Notre-Dame de Paris in video games
Unity rebuilds Notre-Dame stone by stone, and Valhalla returns to the island around it centuries earlier. Notre-Dame de Paris appears in 2 games on Pixel Pilgrimage: Assassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
In real lifeThe games
In gameAssassin's Creed Unity2014Notre-Dame de ParisReal place, still recognisableThe great Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, modelled in the game at full scale with a fully climbable exterior.Game vs real photo 
In gameAssassin's Creed Valhalla2020ParisReal place, reimaginedThe walled island city on the Seine, besieged by the Vikings in the Siege of Paris expansion.Game vs real photo
The real place
Notre-Dame was built between 1163 and about 1260. The game gives it a spire, though in 1789 there was none: the medieval spire was taken down in 1786, and the one that burned in 2019 dated from the 1860s. After the fire the cathedral reopened in December 2024.
Visiting
Entry is free; book a time slot online to skip the queue. The towers are open for climbing again by timed ticket.
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